Tenney v. Arnold

The parties will be referred to as they were in the common pleas court.

The plaintiff, Jean Arnold, a minor, brought hex-action by her next friend to recover damages for injuries, which she claimed were caused by the negligence of the defendant, Sidney Tenney, in the operation of his automobile upon one of tlie streets of the city of Akron. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff.

During the trial, the plaintiff called the defendant for cross-examination, and by such examination developed the fact that soon after the accident the defendant signed a statement or report setting…